November 21st, 2008 by Andy Malone
This January MCTs (Microsoft Certified Trainers) from all over the world will have the opportunity to attend the MCT Summit 09. This year there are 3 summits, Prague, Czech Republic (for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region), Redmond, Washington, United States (for the Americas region)
Hyderabad, India (Asian Pacific region). First up is Prague Jan 7, 2009 - Jan 9, 2009, then Redmond Jan 21, 2009 - Jan 23, 2009, and finally Hyderabad, India Feb 6, 2009 - Feb 8, 2009. Now in their 3rd year the summits are proving to be not only popular but also an extremely useful learning vehicle. This will be my 3rd year at presenting and this year I am doing something a bit special. I will be giving delegates a couple of 1st look sessions at Windows 7 and Windows server 2008 R2.
Due to a major interest in my security sessions I am also offering delegates a 2 ½ hour Deep Dive session on Security called “Cybercrime – A Journey to the Dark Side!” . A really cool feature of this year’s event is a pre conference day dedicated to trainers who would like to become MCTs. This is an awesome opportunity to not only prepare for the Comptia CTT+ certification, but also take the test and be awarded an MCT as well! All for an inclusive low price. For more details on the summit visit the Microsoft Learning site at http://www.mctsummit2009.com/ I look forward to seeing you there.
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November 20th, 2008 by Andy Malone
With only a few days to go things are really gearing up for our Security events in Larnaca, Cyprus and Athens, Greece. From next Tuesday IT & Security professionals will have an opportunity to attend our Cybercrime Security Forum 08 events. Both myself and Marcus Carey are set to deliver some intense content to a large number of delegates. If you would like to attend or require more information click the link http://www.divedeeperevents.com/events.php . All conference attendees will receive an invaluable post event DVD packed with presentations, tools and software to help you understand and defend against the ever increasing threat of Cybercrime.
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November 10th, 2008 by Andy Malone
Firstly a big thanks to all who attended my sessions both on Tuesday and Friday. It was great to see so many folks who have an interest in security. I have had some great feedback and your comments have been much appreciated. The whirlwind of TechEd is now over for another year and it’s nice to have my feet back on the ground once more. However it won’t be for long as the Cybercrime Security Summits once again launch in Greece and Cyprus in a couple of weeks.
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November 3rd, 2008 by Andy Malone
News Microsoft Internet information Server IIS’ Web Deployment Tool Beta 2 ReleasedThe Web Deployment team had a big ‘coming out’ party yesterday at the PDC and announced immediate availability of a new Beta of the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool . MS Deploy - Fundamentals If you aren’t familiar with this tool yet, you’re going… http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/30/iis-web-deployment-tool-beta-2-released.aspx I’ve seen the future and the future is… Smooth!Now playing at SmoothHD.com – a preview of video delivery using IIS Smooth Streaming. Announced this morning in a joint press release by Microsoft and Akamai, IIS Smooth Streaming enables video delivery at the best quality each viewer’s network… http://blogs.iis.net/jboch/archive/2008/10/28/i-ve-seen-the-future-and-the-future-is-smooth.aspx Quick Install of the World’s Most Popular Web Applications on IIS7A few weeks ago I announced the availability of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) in Beta. Web PI makes it easy to obtain and install the Microsoft Web Platform, including IIS, ASP.NET, Visual Web Developer Express, SQL Express and tons of… http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/15/quick-install-of-the-world-s-most-popular-web-applications-on-iis7.aspx Where to download and buy IIS7 and Windows 2008I’ve heard several people ask where to buy IIS7 and Windows 2008. First, if you want to download and try before you buy, Microsoft has made Windows 2008 trial editions available, with just a few clicks and a live ID you can download them today. If you… http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/06/where-to-download-and-buy-iis7-and-windows-2008.aspx Fast Download and Install of Microsoft’s Web Stack: IIS7, ASP.NET, SQL Express, Visual Web Developer, and more…Let’s face it, getting Microsoft’s Web server, framework and tools installed is much more painful than it should be. Visit 10 different web sites, download a dozen different packages, install them one at a time, and maybe in a few hours you are ready… http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/10/03/fast-download-and-install-of-microsoft-s-web-stack-iis7-asp-net-sql-express-and-visual-web-developer-and-more.aspx Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta ReleasedToday we are releasing a new Web Site at http://www.microsoft.com/web/ where users can get a one stop shop for learning about the Microsoft Web Platform. This is part of a bigger effort to make it easier to get started with building and running Web Applications… http://blogs.iis.net/carlosag/archive/2008/10/02/microsoft-web-platform-installer-beta-released.aspx BizTalk Server New Case StudiesSaudi Post - Postal Workers Use Latest Technologies, Process 100 Per Cent More Mail Items a Dayhttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002866 NCC Roads - Construction Company Streamlines Processes with Human Resources and Finance Solutionhttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002809 Accuride - Vehicle Parts Manufacturer Streamlines Production and Delivers New Customer Valuehttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002783 Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) - Hospital District Connects Systems, Improves Communicationshttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002764 Vertex - Consultants Help Business Maximise IT Investments, Meet Demands for Five Yearshttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002796 SharePoint Technologies Microsoft exec: Challenging times play to our strengths
October 10, 2008: CNET
With a tough economic climate figuring to put a crimp on IT spending, Microsoft is already working on honing a message that it can help businesses save money.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10063352-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 SharePoint in Leaders Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, Horizontal Portal Products, and Information Access Technology
September 2008: Gartner Research
Gartner placed Microsoft in the 2008 Leaders’ quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, Horizontal Portal Products, and Information Access Technology. The Magic Quadrants evaluates different vendors in their respective spaces and provides insights to companies when choosing a product or service.http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol6/article3/article3.html Chesapeake Energy Deploys SharePoint to Meet Growth Challenges
September 24, 2008: Your Communication News
Helping one of the nation’s leading energy companies meet the challenges of rapid growth while boosting worker productivity, workflow and collaboration, Microsoft Corp. today announced that Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. has deployed an extensible and scalable enterprise solution based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 across its entire enterprise.http://www.yourcommunicationnews.com/news_item.php?newsID=11176 Avenue A l Razorfish Recognized in 2008 WebAward for Ford Website development based on SharePoint
September 2008: Web Marketing Association
Avenue A l Razorfish won the prestigious 2008 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development based on its work on Ford GO!, using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007.http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=12151 InformationWeek 500 Trends: Web 2.0, Globalization, Virtualization, and More
September 16, 2008: InformationWeek
Implementing new collaboration tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint, is cited more often than any other (48%) as a technology leveraged to improve productivity.http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/trends/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601098&subSection=Business+Intelligence SharePoint Scores with Web Developers
September 15, 2008: SDTimes
Microsoft has forecast that SharePoint will hit US$1 billion in revenue for 2008 and some analysts are predicting that it will steamroll the Web 2.0 market. SD Times interviewed several experts to discuss what is drawing enterprises to use SharePoint as a development platform and how it should evolve going forward.http://www.sdtimes.com/SearchResult/32860 Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)
September 10, 2008: Microsoft.com
Microsoft has collaborated with EMC, IBM, and other leading software vendors to create the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. The jointly developed specification is designed to simplify interoperability with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems.http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/ecm/cmis.mspx EMC, IBM, and Microsoft Jointly Create First Web Services Interface Specification for Greater Interoperability of Enterprise Content Management Systems
September 10, 2008: Microsoft PressPass
Trio joined by Alfresco, OpenText, Oracle, and SAP in Development of The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Specification. Learn more about CMIS.http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/sep08/09-10FirstWebPR.mspx Loyalty to launch SharePoint-based website: Deployment time was cut through a platform approach
September 10, 2008: ComputerWorld
Loyalty New Zealand, the operator of the FlyBuys programme, says it was able to roll-out a new website in a matter of weeks using the Microsoft SharePoint platform.http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/443FFD3A2584757BCC2574BE000EAA19 Governance Key for SharePoint Implementations
September 9, 2008: CMS Wire
Governance is the key for a successful SharePoint implementation today and we have an interview with a consulting firm specializing in SharePoint to tell us why.http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/governance-key-for-sharepoint-implementations-003123.php Making the Most of SharePoint
September 5, 2008: CIO Australia
How do you manage the reams of paper and complicated project management timeline related to a multimillion dollar building expansion? SharePoint proved the answer to staying on time and on budget for the Van Andel Institute’s construction effort.http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1656776261 Downloads Microsoft Internet information Server IIS DownloadCENTER This is your single source for Microsoft Internet Information Services tools, samples, extensions, filters and modules created by Microsoft and the IIS community. Have you created an IIS script that others can use? Login, then submit it to the DownloadCENTER.http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=3 BizTalk Server Using the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Adapters in BizTalk Serverhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a976dc7d-2296-4f88-be4d-0d314fca9e59&DisplayLang=en Using Custom Behaviors with the BizTalk WCF Adapters, Part 1http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1f08f250-48a5-4331-8b7f-b1adfdf8dc38&DisplayLang=en BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Guide for OAGIShttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=906d0eb2-1715-4102-a204-ab07404694d4&DisplayLang=en Modifying Messages with the WCF Adaptershttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8a654eb-6ea3-4c3e-84b8-80e7148cb825&DisplayLang=en Consuming and Hosting WCF Services with Custom Bindings in BizTalk Serverhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=70badd79-ce7e-4ccb-be5c-3ff74ca3a8c4&DisplayLang=en Events/WebCasts SharePoint Technologies Microsoft TechED EMEA 2008November 10–14, 2008: Barcelona, Spainhttp://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/ SharePoint Connections 2008November 10–13, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
Last year this event sold out; register early to avoid missing out on the hottest event of the year. What made Connections the largest Microsoft developer event in our industry? It’s the 75+ Microsoft architects and the world’s top IT experts in one place at one time presenting, training and networking.http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2008SP/default.asp?s=123 New or updated KB’s Microsoft Internet information Server 7.0 A hotfix is available that provides improved features for the Request Filtering module in IIS 7.0http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957508 Cannot find the certificate request associated with this certificate file. A certificate request must be completed on the computer where it was createdhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/959216 Microsoft Internet information Server 6.0 Kerberos authentication and troubleshooting delegation issueshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/907272 You may be unable to manage IIS 6.0 by using Server Manager if two threads access IIS 7.0 at the same timehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/958974 BizTalk Server FIX: An event error is logged in the Application log when you stop a host that is running a WCF-based send adapter in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environmenthttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=955522 FIX: You may receive an error message when you try to configure the Windows SharePoint Services adapter for Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a BizTalk Server 2006 R2 environmenthttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=957514 FIX: When the BizTalk Server SAP adapter reads a valid SAP sequence of zeros, the adapter throws an exception and ends the current operationhttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=954539 FIX: You may receive an exception error message when you run the WCF Adapter Service Wizard to generate a service that can be consumed by Office SharePoint Server or other clientshttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=957913 SharePoint Technologies Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 The upgrade schema does not consider the v3Type attribute when you upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customizations to SharePoint Server 2007http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953449 Windows SharePoint Services Version 3 Description of an update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that applies to daylight saving time (DST) changeshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/956612 |
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November 3rd, 2008 by Andy Malone
One of the great things about being involved in TechEd is Community! I feel very honoured in that I am part of two. The MCT and MVP. It has become something of a tradition now that over 100 MCT / MVPs meet for dinner the night before the start of the conference. Tonight was no exception. It was great to see everyone, especially this who have not been before. There can’t be many places where you can network with peers from over 30 countries. Anyway welcome if this is your first conference I hope you have a great experience. With hundreds of sessions, country drinks, discussion panels, Q&A sessions, demos, Hands on labs ,networking and much more, I am sure you will find TechEd IT Pros a worthwhile and enjoyable experience. If you are interested in Security why not come along to my interactive Security session on Tuesday! Cybercrime – The art of Identity theft! It is a real eye opener! SEC05-IS 9am – 10.15am in room 133.
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November 1st, 2008 by Andy Malone
Well today I have been travelling to Barcelona for TechEd IT Pros week which starts Monday. It’s become somewhat of a tradition that I meet up with fellow MCTs and have a nice dinner and a good chat. This year was no exception with around 21 guys and gals meeting for dinner. The strange thing is that we nearly always eat at the same restaurant. La Fonda Del Port Olympic. Why? Because the food is the best and for 25euro you can eat very well and free drinks. Trust me if you love good seafood it’s definitely worth the visit. Tomorrow the meetings and the preparation begin for what looks like a busy week ahead.
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October 29th, 2008 by Andy Malone
This week Microsoft has been making all kinds of announcements. The launch of the M3 Wave of Windows 7 (Beta), the new shiny cloud based Windows Azure and Windows Server 2008 R2. What’s more this is just for starters. Next Week TechEd IT Pro’s is in Barcelona and in between presenting I am keen to take a look at all things that glitter. For more information on the PDC and an opportunity to watch some of the presentations click here http://www.microsoftpdc.com/ If you fancy going to TechEd next week or attending the Developers conference then visit here. http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/
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October 28th, 2008 by Andy Malone
Thanks to everyone who recently attended our Dive Deeper Tech Forum 08 event in Iceland a few weeks ago. In conjunction with NTV please find the link to the slide decks below. It was a fantastic experience especially with all the financial turmoil at the moment. My heart goes out to all Icelanders ion these turbulent times, especially those who have lost jobs or face an uncertain future. Things will improve. A little faith goes along way. http://www.ntv.is/divedeeperslides/
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October 27th, 2008 by Andy Malone
As promised here are the details of how to download the slide decks from the recent Dive Deeper Tech Event in Stirling. Files are in PDF format. Enjoy! http://www.quality-training.co.uk/courses/resources.php
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October 25th, 2008 by Andy Malone
Great News Microsoft SCVMM 2008 has been released. This awesome product allows you to manage both Hyper-V and VMWare virtualised enviroments as well as performing superb physical to virtual migration! Get the scoop below.
Microsoft is pleased to announce the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – the next generation of Microsoft’s solution for managing the virtualized infrastructure. A key member of System Center – a centralized, enterprise-class suite of data center management products — Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 enables customers to configure and deploy new virtual machines and centrally manage physical and virtual infrastructure from one console. New to this version of VMM is multi-vendor virtualization platform support, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) and enhanced support of “high availability” host clusters, among other new features. More.
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